[New-Poetry] subprime poetry crisis

[Anny Ballardini]

We are convinced that once we have removed these troubled and distressed
poems from circulation, our cultural sector will stabilize and readers will
regain confidence in American literature. We estimate that for the buyout to
be successful, we will need to remove from circulation all poems written
after 1904.

This will be a fresh start, a new dawn of a new day. Without these illiquid
poems threatening to overwhelm readers, we will be able to create a literary
culture with a solid aesthetic foundation.

I'm Charles Bernstein, and I approved this message.
http://harpers.org/archive/2008/09/hbc-90003617


On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 5:24 PM, <JforJames at aol.com> wrote:

>
> http://gawker.com/5055610/what-the-subprime-poetry-crisis-means-for-the-overheated-metapor-market
>
> Last night at a poetry reading marking the release of the 2008 Best
> American Poetry anthology the distinguished poet and Finding Forrester star
> Charles Bernstein delivered a stirring plea for swift intervention to stave
> off the subprime poetry crisis. "As we know, lax composition practices since
> the advent of modernism led to irresponsible poets and irresponsible
> readers," he said. "Simply put, too many poets composed works they could not
> justify." (Read the whole thing
>
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